Exodus 37:4

Exodus 37:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And he made staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold.
• New International Version (NIV)Then he made poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And he made poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold
• New King James Version (NKJV)He made poles of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold.

Context of Exodus 37:4

2And he overlaid it with pure gold within and without, and made a crown of gold for it all around. 3And he cast for it four rings of gold, to be set by its four corners; even two rings upon its one side, and two rings upon its other side And he made staffs of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold. 5And he put the staffs into the rings by the sides of the ark, to bear the ark. 6And he made the mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half was the length of it, and one cubit and a half the breadth of it.

Exodus 37:4 word by word

וַיַּ֥עַשׂ בַּדֵּ֖י עֲצֵ֣י שִׁטִּ֑ים וַיְצַ֥ף אֹתָ֖ם זָהָֽב׃Read the interlinear

• madeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
• staffsבַּדbad · alone: poleH905
• shittimשִׁטָּהshiţţâh shiţţîym · acaciaH7848
• woodעֵץ‛êts · tree: woodH6086
• overlaidצָפָהtsâphâh · to overlayH6823
• goldזָהָבzâhâb · goldH2091

Cross-references for Exodus 37:4

• Numbers 4:14And they shall put upon it all its vessels, by which they minister about it, even the censers, the fleshhooks, and the shovels, and the basins, all the vessels of the altar; and they shall spread upon it a covering of badgers’ skins, and put to it its staffs.
• Acts 9:15But the Lord said to him, Go: for he is a chosen vessel to me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel:
• 1 Peter 1:7That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though tried with fire, might be found to praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:

Commentaries on Exodus 37:4

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-29It says that Bezalel made the ark of the covenant and all the furnishings, as well as the courtyard and its furnishings (37:1, 10, 17, 25; 38:1, 8, 9, 18). But this probably means he was in charge and guided the other craftsmen and seamstresses.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-291. Bezaleel made the ark--The description here given of the things within the sacred edifice is almost word for word the same as that contained in Ex 25:1-40. It is not on that account to be regarded as a useless repetition of minute particulars; for by the enumeration of these details, it can be seen how exactly everything was fashioned according to the "pattern shown on the mount" [Ex 25:40]; and the knowledge of this exact correspondence between the…Read the comment

Topics related to Exodus 37:4

• Ark
• Gold

In the dictionaries

• Ark
• Atonement, Day of
• Exodus, the Book of
• Genesis
• Leviticus
• Pentateuch
• Septuagint
• Tabernacle
• Wanderings of Israel
• Handicraft

Commentaries on Exodus 37

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings